Migraines & headaches decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and denied increased ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, migraines, and sinusitis.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including TBI, migraine headache disorder, bilateral shoulder disorder, and others, as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or nexus to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic maxillary sinusitis (also claimed as headaches) based on a finding that he did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the Veteran's headache disability, but remanded claims for service connection for knee pain and bilateral hearing loss disabilities.

The appeal for service connection for various disabilities was withdrawn, and an effective date of April 7, 2023, was granted for a 40 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and dizziness secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus, but denied readjudication of the claim for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for a cervical spine disability.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disorder as there was no evidence of a disability during the appeal period and the medical evidence did not support the claim under any theory of entitlement.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include depression, and remanded the claim for headaches.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for migraine headaches, traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, with mood congruent psychotic features and anxious distress, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The claim for left ear hearing loss was denied.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia, PTSD, and a neck disability but remanded claims for headaches, back, right knee, and left knee disabilities.

The Board granted restoration of the 10 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, but no higher, and the 30 percent evaluation for cervical spondylosis, but no higher. It also granted a 40 percent rating for radiculopathy right upper extremity from March 2, 2020.

The Board remands the matter of service connection for generalized headaches to obtain a medical opinion based on a direct theory of entitlement.

The Veteran withdrew appeals for service connection of various conditions, and the appeal was dismissed. The Board also denied service connection for bilateral foot pain/flat feet.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for migraines due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraines, GERD, and IBS as secondary to other service-connected conditions due to the Veteran's failure to attend scheduled VA examinations.

The Board granted increased ratings for migraines, right knee instability, and right knee scars effective March 29, 2022, while restoring previous ratings for right knee flexion and extension.

The Veteran's migraines were granted an initial 50 percent evaluation effective December 8, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for migraines, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his migraines are related to or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for temporomandibular joint disorder and an initial compensable rating for headache disability.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's tension headaches, finding that they more nearly approximate very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.